Jews and Christians in Denmark: From the Middle Ages to Recent Times, Ca. 1100-1948 (The Brill Reference Library of Judaism, 48)

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In Jews and Christians in Denmark Martin Schwarz Lausten investigates how the antijudaistic attitudes in Church and society changed starting around 1100. While some anti-Semitic movements arose later, 7,000 Danish Jews were able to escape to Sweden with Christian assistance during the German occupation. Contents Preface Note about This Volume List of Figures Chapter 1 Jews in Literature and Art of the Church: The Catholic Middle Ages Writings on the Life of Personal Piety The Crusades Jews in the Hexameron (ca. 1220) The First Danish Anti-Jewish Publication (1516) Judaism and Jews in the Art of the Church Chapter 2 Martin Luther’s Antipathy toward Jewsand the Attitudes of Danish Reformers: The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century Martin Luther and the Jews This Evil People—Hans Tausen and Peder Palladius Jews in Church Prayers and Edifying Writings God’s Own Language—The Study of Hebrew Chapter 3 Jewish Immigrants, Freedomof Religion, and the Anger of the Bishops: The Orthodoxy of the Seventeenth Century Orthodoxy and Absolute Monarchy Judaism and Jews in Academic and Popular Literature Government Policies on Jews and the Reaction of the Bishops Baptism of Jews The Chief of Police’s Proposal for a Jewish Ghetto (1692) Chapter 4 Convert or be Lost! Controversy and Missionin the Age of Pietism (1700–1760) The Jewish Community Views of Christian Theologians on Judaism and Jews Problems of Integration Mission to the Jews Conversion of Jews to Christianity Chapter 5 Ordinary Danish Citizens, but with Another Religion: The ‘Christian’ and Jewish Enlightenment (1760–1814) The Jewish Community Enlightenment Movements Conflicts about Jewish Reforms Judaism and Jews in the Writings of Christian Theologians The Conversion of Jews to Christianity The Views of Christian Theologians on the Anti-JewishLiterary Feud ‘The Letter of Freedom’: The Royal Decree of March 29, 1814 Chapter 6 Avowals of Converted Jews Chapter 7 Freedom for Jews? (1814–1849) The Integration of Jews into Society A Letter of Freedom? Literary Feuds and Street Fights Jews in the Writings of Christian Theologians Conditions within the Jewish Congregation Debate on the Adaptation of Jews to Social and Political Conditions Missionary Work and the Conversion of Jews to Christianity Chapter 8 The Danish People’s Church and the Jews(1849–ca. 1900) The Independent Jewish Community of Faith Confrontation between Chief Rabbi Abraham Wolffand the ‘Enemies of the Talmud’ Attitudes toward Jews of Different Movements within the Danish People’s Church Religious and Social Problems in the Jewish Community The Danish Mission to the Jews Admittance into the Danish Church and into the Jewish Congregation Chapter 9 Sympathy for Jews and Hatred of Jewsin the Danish People’s Church (ca. 1900–1948) The State of Affairs within the Jewish Community Christian Theologians and Zionism Groupings within the Danish People’s Church and Anti-Semitism (before 1940) Jews and Christians during and after the German Occupation Renewed Missionary Efforts among the Jews Reaction in the People’s Church on Zionism and the Creation of the State of Israel Chapter 10 Epilogue Literature and Sources Index of Persons and Places